IEM Toastmasters Meeting #200 12th June 2014

Today we celebrate the 8th Anniversary of our Charter 1st June 2006.


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IEM Toastmasters Meeting #200 on 12 June, 2014 was called to order by Sergeant-At-Arms Seyed Mohsen Forghani, TM at 7.30pm twenty six attendees coming from near and far:-
1. Alex Lu
2. Lim Juleen
3. Jaden Lim
4. Ir. Ismail Omar
5. Ng Yee Chia
6. Patrick Lee
7. Ho Aaron
8. Lee Meng Tze
9. Genny Ong
10. Gan Poh Lin (Phoenix TMC)
11. Johnson Yike (D’Utama TMC)
12. Andrew Soosainathan
13. Shen Chong
14. SKL Walia, DTM
15. Tan Ken Wayne
16. Lim Suleen
17. Kanagaraj Pillay
18. Seyed Mohsen
19. Meera Shanmughanathan
20. Rhoda Omar
21. Mahendran C
22. Mok Yen Zick
23. Sim Bock San
24. Anita WOng
25. Jaya
26. Indra Renganathan
This meeting commenced with the Presiding Officer, Alex Lu, ACB, ALB welcoming all guests followed by attendees introducing themselves. After completing a round of introduction, the Presiding Officer then handed over control to the Toastmaster of the Evening (TME), Ir. Lim Juleen, TM. She introduced Toastmasters International (District and Club), meeting program and role-players.

Next came the table topic session where the following members and guests practised their impromptu speaking skills:
Jaya
Patrick
Aaron
Sim
Meera
Andrew
The Project speeches session then began with five public speakers presenting project speeches:
• #1 Ir. Ismail Omar, DTM: CC#1: The Ice Breaker – Sungai Besi to Marine Parade. This speaker spoke of his young adulthood and his journey to the UK to study engineering.
• #2 Patrick Lee, TM: CC#3: Get to the Point – The Language of Life. This public speaker spoke of music being the universal language of life, and how we communicate our emotions through music.
• #3 Meera Shanmughanathan, ACB, ALB – ACM: Specialty Speeches #1: Speak off the Cuff – Impromptu Speaking – “Purposive Interpretation: The Way to Go”. This communicator was requested by the evaluator to speak on the said subject, which was chosen from 5 different topics prepared by the speaker, the other subjects being on internet marketing, health, goal setting and Neuro-Linguistic Programming.

Next came the induction of new members, Mahendran and Jaden. Congratulations to Mahendran and Jaden!

An intermission of 15 minutes was announced. The meeting was resumed by Sergeant-At-Arms Seyed Mohsen, TM after which the General Evaluator, Johnson Yike, DTM took control.

He invited the following evaluators to present their evaluation of the speeches:
• Table Topics Evaluator: Gan Poh Lin, DTM
• Speech Evaluator #1: Engr. Lee Meng Tze, DTM
• Speech Evaluator #2: Genny Ong, CC, CL
• Speech Evaluator #3: SKL Walia, DTM

The timer’s report was presented with all speech evaluators speaking within time to be qualified in the voting for the best evaluator. The general evaluator then invited other role players to present their report.
• Grammarian : Ir. Lim Suleen, TM
• Ah Counter : Engr. Ho Aaron, TM

Upon receiving the comments from the evaluators and role players, the general evaluator presented his comments. After he concluded, Timer Jaden Lim, TM presented his report for all speakers and role-players, including the general evaluator.

The President then presented appreciation to the general evaluator. He also presented awards to the following:

• Best Table Topics Speaker: Sim Bock San, CC
• Best Project Speaker: Ir. Ismail Omar, DTM
• Best Evaluator : SKL Walia, DTM
• Best Dressed Man: Ir. Ismail Omar, DTM
• Best Dressed Woman: Meera Shanmughanathan, ACB, ALB

There were a few announcements on the upcoming events as set out below, before the President delivered his closing remarks for this wonderful Meeting. Meeting adjourned at 10.00 pm.

• The next club meeting #200 is on 26 June 2014 at 7.30 pm, at 2nd Floor, Wisma IEM.
• Club officer installation ceremony will be held on 11 July 2014 at the Bukit Kiara Equestrian & Country Resort.
(This blog post was written by Meera Shanmughanathan, ACB, ALB.)